Chrome Hoof “Crush Depth” (2010)

For this never seen before review, I was joined by the grand, grand, little grandchild of the late Aleister Crowley, an underground magus and post-mentalist who goes by the name of Sir Julius Henry Crowley. He told me he had been given at birth the power to, quote, “see through Musick” – whatever this means. To tell you the truth, I’ve known Chrome Hoof since the Pre-Emptive period, but was never fully able to find the right words to describe this Outcast Outfit. They’re playing by standards they have invented out of the blue. So when Sir Julius Henry Crowley offered me such an unprecedented opportunity to get my AGM reviewer’s work done with the help of Crowleyan magick, don’t ask me why, I said yes right away. I couldn’t resist, so to speak. Therefore while the album was playing, Sir Julius Henry Crowley visited some other plane or some outer channel of perception of consciousness, and he came back with these written words, which he claims to have heard from worlds beyond. I haven’t changed anything to the originals – the way I got it is the way you will read it. So like it or not, that’s up to you, but the value of this review lies elsewhere. Thanks for reading.

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Leo Smee (from Cathedral and Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses) formed Chrome Hoof with his drummer bro Leo Smee – and the duo expanded to more or less a dozen performers.